One-piece bathing suit



Sept. 15, 1953 N. 1.. MILLER 2,651,780

ONE-PIECE BATHING SUIT Filed Fem 15, 1951 INVENTOR NAOMI L.MILLERATTORNEYS Sept. 15, 1953 NITED STATES ONE-PIECE BATHING SUIT Naomi L.Miller, Rochelle, Ill., assignor of thirtythree and one-third per centto Norine Showalter, Madison, and thirty-three and onethird per cent toJames D. Sammarco, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application February 15, 1951, Serial No. 211,079

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to womens wearing apparel, and moreparticularly to a onepiece bathing suit.

Much difficulty has been experienced in placing on and removingone-piece bathing suits, of the type now commonly found on the market,from the person, and one of the primary objects of my invention is toprovide a one-piece bathing suit, so constructed that the same can bequickly placed on and taken 011 the person, without any necessity ofstooping over and pulling the garment over the limbs and body.

Another salient object of my invention, is to provide a one-piecebathing suit formed from a single blank of material, whereby the samecan be folded about the person and thereafter certain edge portionssecured together to provide a form fitting garment having an attractiveappearance.

A further object of my invention is to provide a one-piece bathing suitwhich can be manufactured and fabricated from a desired material at alow cost.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will behereinafter more specifically described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the new and improved bathing suitapplied to a person.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the bathing suit in its spread out unfoldedposition.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter Bgenerally indicates the improved bathing suit and the same is formedfrom a single blank of sheet material, such as fabric, plastic or thelike, but preferably from waterproof satin. The blank includes an upperback portion 5 having two lateral extensions 6 and 1 adapted to befolded around the sides of a person and over the front to cover thebreasts. These lateral extensions 6 and 1 have sewed, or otherwisesecured thereto, tabs or ribbons B, which are adapted to be tiedtogether so as to constitute a brassire. Extending down from the upperback portion 5, is a narrowing lower back waist portion 9 and anenlarged central portion l0, adapted to be folded around and to enclosethe buttocks. The front of the garment includes an abdominal portion 8 land this portion and the buttocks portion it are joined together by anintegral narrow crotch portion 127 It is to be noted that the abdominalportion l I, gradually narrows inwardly toward the crotch portion I2,and that the buttocks portion It] includes lateral wings 13, which arefolded about and extended toward the front of the person, as best shownin Figure 1. The respective edges of the wings t3 and the abdominalportion H, are provided with complementary slide sections 14 of slidefasteners of a type commonly known in the market and customarily calledzippers. The runners l5 for the slide fasteners, can be carried by apreferred part of the bathing suit B, such as the abdominal portion II.In applying the bathing suit to the person, the back part 5 can beinitially placed in position, and the lateral extensions 6 and l foldedabout the person, and tightened by the tabs 8, after which the runnersit can be drawn up to closely unite the wings It with the abdominalportion I! to draw the garment closely around the person.

Obviously, the bathing suit can be quickly and conveniently applied tothe person, and easily removed by merely untieing the tabs 8 and pullingdown on the zipper.

The bathing suit can be ornamented in any desired way, such as by bows,hand painted designs, etc. The outer edge of the abdominal portion H cancarry an elastic band so as to insure the fitting of this part againstthe stomach.

Likewise, for ornamentation of preference, shoulder straps can also besecured to the upper edge of the back portion 5 and the extensions 6 and1.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

A one piece garment formed from a single blank of material, comprising apair of trunks and an upper chest portion, including front and rearportions and an integral connecting narrow crotch portion, said rearportion including lower wings foldable over the sides of the wearer andterminating adjacent the front of the abdomen and upper wings foldableover the chest of the wearer, said upper wings having front edgesterminating in juxtaposition adjacent the upper middle of the chest ofthe wearer, fastening means for the front edges of said upper wings,said front portion being of a triangular shape narrowing toward thecrotch portion, and releasable means connecting the side edges of thefront portion and the outer edges of the lower wings.

NAOMI L. MILLER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date D. 138,422 Mitchell Aug. 1, 1944 2,141,105 Eller et a1 Dec.20, 1938 2,561,783 Burr July 24, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number CountryDate 49,759 France Apr. 4, 1939

